Northern Pacific: Minneapolis to Noyes - 1895
Northtown Jct MN to Sauk River MN: Built by St. Paul & Northern Pacific Ry 1883-84; to Northern Pacific Ry 11-2-1896
Sauk Rapids MN to Little Falls MN: Built by Western Ry Co of Minnesota 1877; to St. Paul & Northern Pacific Ry 5-9-1883; to Northern Pacific Ry 11-2-1896
Little Falls MN to Staples MN: 33.40 miles; Built by St.
Mississippi Rails
An excellent collection of Google Earth KMZ files of railroads
Great Northern: Duluth to Minneapolis in 1895
Boyleston to West Superior WI: Built by Eastern Ry Co of Minnesota 1888, sold to Great Northern Ry 7-1-1907
Dedham WI to Boyleston WI: Built by Eastern Ry Co of Minnesota 1888, to Great Northern Ry 7-1-1907
Hinckley MN to Dedham WI Built by Eastern Ry Co of Minnesota 1888, to Great Northern Ry 7-1-1907
Mora Jct to Hinckley MN: Built by Minneapolis & St. Cloud RR 1882, to St.
Northern Italy, As Far As Leghorn, Florence and Anacona, and the Island of Corsica
Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews
I promise the public no amusement
Leatham, Jeremy. “‘I Promise the Public No Amusement’: ” Mark Twain Journal, vol. 54, no. 1, Alan Gribben, 2016
Carson City Pony Express Station
Carson City Station (N39 09 42.3 W119 46 10.8)
Pony Express Historic Resource Study
The fifth and final division of the Pony Express National Historic Trail ran from Roberts Creek, Nevada, through the Sierra Nevada Mountains to Sacramento, California, and then either by rider or steamer to San Francisco, California. This chapter discusses forty-nine stations along the route, as well as events, personal accounts, locations, and plaques/monuments associated with them. This division of the trail contained the largest number of stations.
Pony Express Historic Resource Study
From Salt Lake City, Utah, the Pony Express National Historic Trail headed southwest and then west into the Great Basin and Range toward Roberts Creek, Nevada, crossing many desert valleys and medium mountain ranges in between. Division Four of the Pony Express route encompassed thirty stations, eighteen of them in western Utah and the remaining twelve stations in eastern Nevada. The following chapter contains available historical data on each station, including present-day location of ruins, buildings, and commemorative markers.